The upcoming Dune film will feature a race and gender swapped Liet Kynes with Sharon Duncan Brewster playing the character. Not only will the character feature this race and gender swap, but comments from the cast and director indicate the film will be woke.
The character had previously been portrayed by Max Von Sydow in David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Dune. Karel Dobrý portrayed the character in Sci Fi Channel’s 2000 miniseries adaptation of the book.
Vanity Fair confirmed the gender and race swap sharing an image of Brewster as Kynes (seen below).
Frank Herbert, Dune’s author, described Kynes in the book as “…tall, thin…long sandy hair, a sparse beard. The eyes were that fathomless blue-within-blue under thick brows.”
He further described the character, “His long hair and beard were mussed. The blue eyes without whites were a darkness under heavy brows.”
He added, “Wisps of sandy hair protruded from it, matched by a sparse beard and thick brows. Beneath the blue-within-blue eyes, remains of a dark stain spread down to his cheeks. A matted depression across mustache and beard showed where a stillsuit tube had marked out its path.”
Sharon Duncan Brewster Confirmed As Race and Gender Swapped Liet Kynes In Dune Film – Plus Other Heavy Indicators Film Will Be Woke
The character had previously been portrayed by Max Von Sydow in David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Dune. Karel Dobrý portrayed the character in Sci Fi Channel’s 2000 miniseries adaptation of the book.
Vanity Fair confirmed the gender and race swap sharing an image of Brewster as Kynes (seen below).
Frank Herbert, Dune’s author, described Kynes in the book as “…tall, thin…long sandy hair, a sparse beard. The eyes were that fathomless blue-within-blue under thick brows.”
He further described the character, “His long hair and beard were mussed. The blue eyes without whites were a darkness under heavy brows.”
He added, “Wisps of sandy hair protruded from it, matched by a sparse beard and thick brows. Beneath the blue-within-blue eyes, remains of a dark stain spread down to his cheeks. A matted depression across mustache and beard showed where a stillsuit tube had marked out its path.”
Vanity Fair claims the gender-swap is an “intriguing change” and that director Denis Villeneuve “updated Liet Kynes.”
Brewster commented on her role as Liet Kynes indicating the film will be woke. She stated, “What Denis had stated to me was there was a lack of female characters in his cast, and he had always been very feminist, pro-women, and wanted to write the role for a woman.”
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